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Frederick VI (Danish and Norwegian: Frederik; 28 January 1768 – 3 December 1839) was King of Denmark from 13 March 1808 until his death in 1839 and King of Norway from 13 March 1808 to 7 February 1814.
- 13 March 1808 – 3 December 1839
- Caroline Matilda of Great Britain
Mar 4, 2024 · Frederick VI (born Jan. 28, 1768, Christiansborg Castle, Denmark—died Dec. 3, 1839, Copenhagen) was the king of Denmark from 1808 to 1839 and of Norway from 1808 to 1814. The son of the mentally incompetent king Christian VII and Queen Caroline Matilda, Frederick was reared largely by his father’s stepmother, the queen dowager Juliana Maria ...
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Frederik VI was the King of Denmark and Norway from 1808 to 1839, son of Christian VII and Caroline Mathilde of Great Britain. He implemented domestic and external reforms, but faced a difficult childhood, a mental illness, and a war with Great Britain. He appeared as an absolutist father figure and a bourgeois family man.
Frederick VI ( Danish and Norwegian: Frederik; 28 January 1768 – 3 December 1839) was King of Denmark from 13 March 1808 until his death in 1839 and King of Norway from 13 March 1808 to 7 February 1814. He was the last king of Denmark–Norway.
Frederick VI, 1768–1839, king of Denmark (1808–39) and Norway (1808–14), son and successor of Christian VII. After the court party had executed Struensee, expelled Frederick's mother, Caroline Matilda, and imposed their will on the demented Christian (1772), Frederick grew up under the guardianship of the dowager queen.
Jan 9, 2024 · Frederick VI (1808-1839) King Frederick VI’s reign was long, marked by a period of regency in his teenage years for his ailing father, and he was also the last king of Denmark-Norway...
The Danish monarch who concerns us here, King Frederick VI, was born in 1768, the son of the mentally incapacitated King Christian VII and the British-born Queen Carolina Matilda (Fig. 13.1 ). His parents had divorced in 1772 due to his mother’s affair with the German-born physician and statesman, Count Johann Friedrich Struensee.